Founded as Hitler's personal bodyguard, it gradually expanded after the Nazi Party took power, becoming the most elite division among the elite SS Panzer Divisions. Its deployments were always determined by Hitler himself, and it became known as one of the most famous Waffen-SS divisions of the war. "My Honor is Loyalty" "1st SS Panzer Division"

Formed in 1939 as the SS-VT Division, it underwent various transitions before evolving into the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich in 1943. "2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich"

Also known as the Death's Head Division because its members were drawn from the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV), the units responsible for the administration and guarding of concentration camps. "3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf"

Formed in the autumn of 1944 as a brigade based on French volunteers from the Wehrmacht's "Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism," the Waffen-SS "8th French SS Volunteer Assault Brigade," the Vichy regime's Milice Française, and other organizations. It was promoted to a division in February 1945. They engaged the Soviet Red Army in Pomerania on the Eastern Front from late February to March 1945. On April 24, 1945, during the final stages of the war with Berlin under Soviet siege, approximately 300 troops who wished to continue fighting were led by SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Krukenberg and SS-Hauptsturmführer Henri Fenet. As the French SS Assault Battalion, they participated in the Battle of Berlin, conducting fierce defensive combat until the fall of Berlin on May 2. "33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne"

A veteran unit existing since the early days of the Waffen-SS, its ranks included Germanic foreigners and Finnish volunteers, serving as the precursor to later foreign Waffen-SS units. Stationed consistently on the Eastern Front, they fought in Operation Barbarossa as an infantry brigade and in Case Blue from Rostov-on-Don to the Caucasus as a motorized division. Promoted from a Panzergrenadier division to a Panzer division, it formed the 4th SS Panzer Corps with the 3rd SS Panzer Division late in the war, conducting defensive battles against Soviet forces in Poland and Hungary. It later retreated to Czechia and Austria, surrendering in April 1945. "5th SS Panzer Division Wiking"